Il patrimonio militare oltre la dismissione. Il progetto per la ex Caserma Magrone di Bari

The process of decommissioning military areas calls for a rethinking of large portions of the city that were previously enclosed, keeping a vast and heterogeneous built heritage. The Ministry of Defence's Caserme Verdi project expressed the need to respond to the degradation of the military heritage through investments to upgrade infrastructure of the armed forces and recover existing buildings, opening up new possibilities for urban integration of the barracks. Bari hosts large military areas, which weave different relationships with the parts of the city where they place themselves in terms of infrastructure and urban form. Some disused barracks have already undergone transformations, which have confronted the military heritage in its material consistency but have also expressed value judgements on it through design. The former Magrone Barracks represents a relevant case study for the future regeneration processes of military areas in Bari as its transformation responds to the need to combine the innovation of technology transfer, public administration and public space with knowledge and design for the existing heritage of the armed force, aimed at interpreting its form and characters.